Recently there have been several news stories about unlicensed dentists opening offices and actually treating the public.  That includes a woman who was recently arrested in Cook County Illinois who had been arrested for the same unlicensed dentistry scam in Las Vegas shortly before making bail and heading to the Chicago area.Many of these "Veneer...

  As almost everyone is now aware of Change Healthcare, which is owned by United Healthcare, suffered a massive data breach in February of 2024.  The breach was so severe that it ended up forcing Change Healthcare to take all of their systems offline, although it may have been a Ransomware attack that encrypted data making it inaccessible.  Encryption...

 I've spent many years in dentistry.  The thing I like the most about that, is that it gives me a really unique perspective on where we are because I know firsthand where we've come from and how far we've progressed.When I was being trained, adhesive dentistry was in its infancy.  True story: when I was in school we had to get every step inspected...

  On April 30th, 2024, Walmart made the announcement that it is closing its health centers and virtual care service stating they were having difficulties finding success with the offerings.  The initiative was launched in 2019, but since the company has had a tough time in the market of health.This translates to also closing any dental services the...

As we all know, he world of dentistry is constantly evolving, and 3D printing is rapidly changing how dental professionals operate. Now, comes the introduction of two new FDA-cleared resins from Formlabs, which allows for creating comfortable and effective mouthguards directly in-house.  This blog post dives into the news of Dental LT Comfort Resin...

As I've probably mentioned before, this year I was honored to become a Candid Academy Faculty member.  My good friend, Dr. David Little and I both joined in February/March time frame.I love providing orthodontic treatment and I follow that part of the industry pretty closely.  Because of my fascination with all things ortho, I was excited to see...